New homeschoolers can't help but experiencing it. It often happens the first time you go to a homeschool convention, or visit a homeschool co-op. You walk in, start to get the lay of the land, and then it hits you... This is like a whole different world.
There are different norms, different terms, different expectations -- and everybody who's in it seems to "get" it. You start hearing things like "Notice of Intent" and "IOWA" and "lapbooks" and you start to wonder just what it is that you've gotten yourself into. Continue reading »